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The following text is from Jerome K. Jerome’s 1889 novel Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog).

The narrator and two friends are taking a boat down the River Thames in England.

In a boat, I have always noticed that it is the fixed idea of each member of the crew that he is doing everything. Harris’s notion was, that it was he alone who had been working, and that both George and I had been imposing upon him. George, on the other hand, ridiculed the idea of Harris’s having done anything more than eat and sleep, and had a vast opinion that it was he—George himself—who had done all the labour worth speaking of,
Based on the text, how would the narrator most likely describe Harris’s and George’s attitudes?
A
As typical, because people working on boats usually believe that the other crew members aren’t contributing
B
As understandable, because there’s usually more work to be done on a boat than the crew can easily handle
C
As perplexing, because the narrator is much more eager than either Harris or George to complete his own tasks
D
As irritating, because Harris and George spend too much time eating and sleeping